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UKIP press release
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News Release
FROM THE OFFICE OF JEFFREY TITFORD MEP
UK Independence Party
Press Contact: Stuart Gulleford
Tel: 01245-266466 Mobile: 07734-457390
e-mail: stuartgulleford@ukip.org
www.jeffreytitfordmep.co.uk
15th May 2007
LIB DEM MEP CALLS FOR ‘DEFEAT’ OF THE ENGLISH
Eastern Counties MEP, Andrew Duff (Lib Dem) has come under fire over comments he made to the European News Service - EU Business. Talking about the EU Constitution and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s effort to force through a new version, Mr Duff expressed his disappointment that the pro-European countries have ‘failed’ to have more of the first Constitution included in the new draft, in the face of serious opposition from several EU member states led by Britain.
He went on to say: “They are following in the slip stream of the English -- which is the prominent euro-sceptical country. If the English can be defeated then the opposition in Prague will disappear".
The response from another Eastern Counties MEP, Jeffrey Titford (UKIP) has been fierce. “Andrew has gone completely off the rails. His comments read as if he were from another country. He is English himself and is calling for the defeat of his own country. He is also thumbing his nose at the voters in France and the Netherlands who solidly rejected the Constitution in separate referenda. Clearly, Andrew doesn’t believe in the democratic process and does not even support his own country. I very much doubt that the East Anglian voters who elected him in 2004 would approve of his appalling conduct now. With friends like Andrew Duff, Britain doesn’t need enemies!”
Andrew Duff was involved in the writing of the original EU Constitution and has been a leading proponent of its re-emergence. Interestingly, he chose not to mention his role in the development of the EU Constitution in his 2004 European Election leaflet.
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Notes for Editors: The full text of Mr Duff's comments to EU Business can be found at:
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1178812815.89
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Stuart Gulleford
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